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Govt takes firm line on new road
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Local
The government is determined to continue work on the new road between Avaavaroa and Kauare as part of the Te Mato Vai water infrastructure project despite landowner opposition.
Betel nut addiction similar to nicotine
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – American researchers have found that medications which help people quit smoking may also help betel nut addicts kick the habit.
Tuna meeting ends in deadlock
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Regional
Environmental groups expressed frustration on Wednesday after a key Pacific fishing industry meeting failed to adopt measures to protect vulnerable tuna species from overfishing.
The internet café plot thickens
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Regional
LAUTOKA – A political party and a money trail traced to Australia are part of investigations into an alleged plot to destabilise the Fiji government – according to a report in the Fiji Sun.
Atoll nations unveil 'Pacific Rising' initiative
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Regional
Paris – The Coalition of Atoll Nations on Climate Change has unveiled “Pacific Rising,” a new initiative being billed as a “Marshall Plan” for surviving climate change.
Crack down on duplicate voting
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s electoral office says it’s hoping to crack down on duplicate voting as it prepares to send new electoral cards to people who lost theirs when cyclone Pam struck in March.
2017 Mini Games in jeopardy?
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The Pacific Games Council is worried by the lack of progress in Vanuatu towards the 2017 Mini Games.
Thanks, but not my information
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I thank “All the Best” for the kind words in his or her letter of December 3, headed “Tepaki letter enriching.”
Letter critic a 'terrorist,' says Tim
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I respond to Ex-CIP’s letter of December 4 by saying that if he or she left the CIP over EU fishers purse seining some of our 1,250 fishing days quota that we can’t fish ourselves, and paying our Government $9.6 million to aid our health and education, then he or she must be anti-Cook Islands and a terrorist.
Missing links in controversial story
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A column in CI News last Saturday bv Te Tuhi Kelly referred to the debate on same-sex marriage.
Three-island visit makes history for Cook Islands
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Outer Islands
History was made this week as contestants in the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant discovered for the first time the “Nga Pu Toru,” or the three southern sister islands of Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu.
NZ pensioners to get funeral allowance
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Local
New Zealand superannuation pensioners who have returned to live in the Cook Islands are now eligible for the local funeral allowance.
Wichman awarded Queen's honour
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Local
A courageous young leader has been awarded a prestigious 2016 Queen’s Young Leaders Award for service to gay rights activism in the Cook Islands.
Plastic-burning site given a clean-up
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Local
A dump site on land owned by the Rarotongan Resort and Spa where plastic waste including old PCV chairs was burned last week has been cleaned up following complaints from residents in the area.
Child street vendors on the increase in Samoa
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Child street vendors as young as six years old are selling goods on the streets of Samoa sometimes from the early hours of the morning until late at night.
Bans on convicted politicians appealed
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Dramatic developments are continuing in Vanuatu’s months long political crisis, with former politicians this week banned from holding public office for ten years.
El Niño creates tuna bonanza for Kiribati
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Regional
SOUTH TARAWA – As Kiribati battles to save its islands from climate change-induced rising sea levels and drought, in an ironic twist the strongest El Niño in nearly 20 years is providing it with an economic bonanza in tuna.
Sopoaga confident of 1.5°C agreement
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PARIS – The Tuvalu prime minister, Enele Sopoaga, says he is positive the final climate agreement signed in Paris will see a 1.5 degrees Celcius warming limit.
Tuna summit 'disappointing'
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Regional
BALI – There have been mixed results for Pacific Island states from five days of exhaustive talks at the annual meeting for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission.
Rape victims' settlement 'insulting'
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORGERA – US researchers say the process for compensating women who have been raped by security guards at Papua New Guinea’s Porgera gold mine is “deeply flawed and insulting”.
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